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Europe

Coffee Interview 2 Sep 2023 14 min read

Von&Vonnie: Coffee Insurrection Hero Chapter #82

My name is Morgan von Mantripp (the Von of Von and Vonnie). I’m from Wales, which is a small  country in the United Kingdom. My name is Yvonne right now, my job is working on our new project called „von&vonnie“, which will be a  cafe and microroastery in Porto, opening (hopefully) in November.

Coffee Interview 19 Aug 2023 4 min read

Daniele Ricci: Coffee Insurrection Hero Chapter #81

I'm Daniele Ricci, 2023 World Barista Champion Runner-Up, I'm 25 and I was born in Italy, but I live in Switzerland, where I moved after two years in Amsterdam. I'm currently working as head-barista and responsible for quality check for MAME Specialty Coffee, in Zurich, as well as trainer and R&D consultant for a few companies all over the world.

Coffee Interview 29 Jul 2023 8 min read

Aurore Ceretta: Coffee Insurrection Hero Chapter #79

I am Aurore Ceretta, originally from the south of France and this year’s Cup Tasters Champion of Germany. I left my hometown of Toulouse in 2009 to study German literature and history. Instead of following this path, however, I moved to Freiburg, Germany, to open a café with my husband Philip Weller in 2013.

Coffee Interview 22 Jul 2023 7 min read

Holger Lente: Coffee Insurrection Hero Chapter #78

My name is Holger Lente and my home base is in Munich Germany. However, I’ve been working for US companies for the past 10 years. In terms of work related to coffee I have been doing the full circle of brewing techniques. I started with my heavily espresso based coffeeshop business in Germany running 5 stores from 2002-2013.

Coffee Interview 7 Jun 2023 7 min read

Mikolaj Pociecha: Coffee Insurrection Hero Chapter #73

My name is Mikolaj Pociecha. I was born in the harbour city of Gdansk, Poland and raised on the north-west coast of Ireland. For the past few years I have lived in Tübingen, southern Germany and just this weekend I relocated to Amsterdam. Here I have joined the Back To Black team as Head Roaster. Apart from that I write on topics related to the coffee industry. My most recent book was about reimagining Canephora in context of specialty coffee. I sometimes also consult roasters and importers on roasting this particular species.